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Ernesto Villalon vs. Abundio Z. Arrieta, Et Al.

ERNESTO VILLALON, petitioner, vs. HON. ABUNDIO Z. ARRIETA and ARTURO SERINA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-29177 | 1969-09-30

D E C I S I O N 


BARREDO, J.: 

These two cases arose from related circumstances connected with the election for Mayor in the Municipality of Kibawe, Bukidnon held on November 14, 1967. The first (G.R. No. L-29177) is a petition for certiorari seeking the annulment of the order of the respondent judge dated April 1, 1968 declaring null and void the proclamation of petitioner as the duly elected Mayor made by the municipal board of canvassers on March 14, 1968 on the ground that the same was made in excess of the court's jurisdiction. The second (G.R. No. L-29394) is a petition for certiorari and prohibition purporting to enjoin the...